Geography | |
Aurie - Tot - % Watter |
Ranked 20t 126 km² 0 % |
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Admeen HQ | Pontypool |
ISO 3166-2 | GB-TOF |
ONS code | 00PM |
Demographics | |
Population: - Tot (2021) - Density |
Ranked Ranked / km² |
Ethnicity | 99.2% White. |
Welsh language - Ony skills |
Ranked 19t 14.5% |
Politics | |
Torfaen County Borough Council http://www.torfaen.gov.uk/ | |
Control | Labour |
MP |
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AM |
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Torfaen is a coonty burgh in Wales athin the historic bundaries o Monmouthshire. It wis oreeginally formit in 1974 as a destrict o the coonty o Gwent an in 1996 it wis reconstitutit as a unitary authority.
Seicontary schuils in the aurie are:
Further education, vocational trainin an some heicher education is providit at the Ponytpool Campus o Coleg Gwent, umwhile Pontypool College.
The meanin o Torfaen in Welsh is brak-stein, an the name refers tae the river that flowes throu the coonty burgh frae its soorce in Blaenavon. The river in quaisten is nou kent as the Afon Lwyd ("gray river").
Torfaen borders the ceety o Newport tae the sooth, the coonty o Monmouthshire tae the east an the coonty burghs o Caerphilly an Blaenau Gwent tae the wast an north-wast.
The aurie haes a population o aroond 91,000. Hintle o the soothren pairts o the coonty burgh are nou urbanisit aroond the Cwmbran new toun conurbation. The north o the coonty burgh is greener an retains vast acres o kintraside, especially on the route tae Blaenavon.
The admeenistrative centre is Pontypool in the centre o the coonty burgh. Maist o the admeenistration o Torfaen County Borough Council is conductit frae the Civic Centre here, awtho facilities at the Coonty Haw in Cwmbran are shared wi Monmouthshire County Council.
Torfaen, awtho a relatively sma aurie, haes a nummer o notable laundmerks:
Main airticle: Pontypool Park |
Main airticle: Cwmbran Shopping Centre |
Main airticle: Blaenavon |
Torfaen is historically a safe Labour Pairty seat. At present the MP is Paul Murphy. Constituents in Croesyceiliog North, Croesyceiliog South, Llanyrafon North an Llanyrafon South wairds are servit bi the Monmouth MP, Conservative David Davies. Torfaen is a Welsh Assembly Govrenment constituency an aw, presidit ower bi Labour AM, Lynne Neagle.
In local elections on 1 Mey 2008, the Labour majority o Torfaen County Borough Council failed tae win 16 o its 34 seats an lost owerall control. Housomeivver, a greement wis reached wi Plaid Cymru an twa independent members tae maintain a stable regime wi Labour control.